HONR 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Punic Wars, Odysseus, Turnus
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Pietas: piety towards family, city, gods (more than just piety) Disobeys hector"s command to run, has to be convinced by venus. Carthage will be destroyed by descendants of trojans (romans) in. Punic wars (which are caused by dido"s dying wishes) Paris (trojan) didn"t pick her in the contest. Virgil starts in the middle (in medias res) Jupiter is mindful of this and reassures venus. Sends allecto, infernal goddess of civil war to. Stuck in the past and future rile him up. Attack on latin way of life, can"t go back. Juno opens the gates of war herself. Lifts on shoulders --> duty to his descendants instead of his ancestors (father) Juturna persuaded by juno, eventually backs off. Euryalus dies, nisus avenges him, euryalus" mother devastated bc she doesn"t have an identity anymore.
